BBC Proms - 2008 - Prom 56: Rautavaara and Tavener

From the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Petroc Trelawny. A concert given as part of the BBC Proms 2008 featuring Einojuhani Rautavaara's most popular work - a soundscape for taped birdsong and orchestra, set against John Tavener's early cantata The Whale, the work that the London Sinfonietta premiered at its first concert 40 years ago. The programme concludes with the UK premiere of Tavener's Cantus mysticus, which uses texts by Goethe Dante and Buddhist scripture to explore the creative feminine element in the divine. Patricia Rozario (soprano) Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Mark van de Wiel (clarinet) London Sinfonietta Chorus London Sinfonietta David Atherton (conductor) Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus John Tavener: Cantus mysticus (UK premiere); The Whale.